First night golf, and now...

Last night, I joined a virtual golf league. For those of you that are unfamiliar with virtual golf, here's how it works. You stand in front of a big video screen that shows a golf hole. Then you actually hit a foam golf ball into the screen, and, by calculating a bunch of different criteria, it shows you where you would have hit the ball if you were really playing that hole. Then, you hit from there, and so on and so on until you're done with the hole. We play 9 holes each week in our league. It's pretty realistic, but there's a few things that will take some getting used to. Some of my distances are off (like I normally hit an 8-iron about 150 yards, where last night it only went about 120), and the putting is a little different than real golf, but other than that, it seems pretty accurate. I shot a 48 for 9 holes, which is a few shots worse than I'd normally shoot for 9 holes, but hopefully after a couple weeks, I can improve from there!!

Bottom line, a great time was had by all, and I can't wait till we do it again!!

By the way, if anybody is interested in joining the league, let me know. There are 3-person teams and it doesn't matter which night/day you play, as long as you get your 9 holes in each week. And it's pretty cheap (I paid $7.50 last night to play for 2 hours). It's a good way to keep your swing fine-tuned during the winter!!